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Iceland, the country of natural wonders

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments

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For the New year’s eve, I was lucky enough to be… in Iceland! After a stop in Paris and Copenhaguen, and a 3hrs and a half flight from Denmark, I finally got to a dream place.

I knew it was going to be breathtaking, [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Personal · Photo · Society · Travel

Quelques secondes de glamour

May 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

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Cannes, quelques secondes de glamour
en direct de cannesUploaded by LeliaLeb. – Watch original web videos.
Meme les vitrines s’y mettent (ici celle de Valentino)
cannes vitrineUploaded by LeliaLeb. – Independent web videos.

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Travel · Uncategorized · cinema

Cabaret night in Lebanon…

May 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

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lebanese dancer in restaurant
Uploaded by LeliaLeb. – Independent web videos.

lebanese dancer in restaurant
Uploaded by LeliaLeb. – Arts and animation videos.

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Travel · Video · music · women

The streets of Paris in spring

April 28th, 2009 · No Comments

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Music everywhere, the second video is a piece of art

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Personal · Travel · Video · music

Lebanon journalist UK entry veto

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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A Lebanese journalist with links to militant group Hezbollah has been barred from entering Britain.
Ibrahim Moussawi was due to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, but the home secretary has ruled he should be denied a visa.
Mr Moussawi was editor of [...]

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Tags: Mediterranean · Politics · Society · Travel · War & Conflict

Fabulous Beirut

March 15th, 2009 · No Comments

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Melik Kaylan, 03.10.09, 06:00 AM EDT
Elegant warlords, icy brunettes and a yearning for democracy.
BEIRUT–You could argue that, in a contest to choose the most civilized citizens of the world, it would be a travesty not to choose Beirutis. Multi-domiciled (New York, London, Paris, Beirut), automatically [...]

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Tags: Fashion · History · Politics · Society · Travel · War & Conflict

Intemporalité de TAGHIT !

February 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments

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Vu d’ensemble sur TAGHIT
Ca fait plus d’une semaine que je suis de retour de l’oasis de TAGHIT et je n’arrive toujours pas à retrouver mon rythme habituel de chez moi !!! J’ai l’impression que j’ai vraiment perdu la notion du temps et je fais un effort énorme [...]

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Tags: Meditérranée · Personal · Photo · Society · Travel

Nulle part ailleurs!

January 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments

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A la fin de chaque année c’est les vacances, même si c’est sacré pour certaines personnes, ce n’est pas toujours le cas pour d’autres…faute de moyens peut’être mais c’est aussi une question de culture. Bref, à la fin de l’année 2008 j’ai fait partie [...]

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Tags: Photo · Travel

Sightseeing in India

January 1st, 2009 · No Comments

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Just before Christmas I went to Pune, a large University city in the state of Maharashtra, India. On my last day I went out with some colleagues to see a little of the surrounding town, villages and hills. I was sightseeing, looking for key Indian [...]

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Tags: History · Photo · Travel

The geography of a woman

December 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Between 18 and 22, a woman is like Africa , half discovered, half wild, fertile and naturally beautiful!
Between 23 and 30, a woman is like Europe , well developed and open to trade, especially for someone with cash.
Between 31 and 35, a woman is like Spain [...]

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Tags: Travel · women